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Rainforest Food Webs

Science · Rainforests · ages 7-9

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A monkey gets food by eating fruit. Which word describes its role?
- Producer
- Decomposer
- Consumer
Which word describes a plant that makes its own food using sunlight?
- Consumer
- Producer
- Decomposer
Decomposers such as fungi and bacteria break down dead material.
Circle one: True False
A grasshopper eats a plant's leaves. A bird eats the grasshopper. What makes the grasshopper a primary consumer in this chain?
- It makes its food from sunlight
- It eats food directly from a plant
- It eats an animal that eats plants
An insect eats leaves from a rainforest plant. A small frog eats the insect. Which food-to-eater order builds this chain?
- Plant, insect, frog
- Frog, insect, plant
- Plant, frog, insect
A monkey eats figs, a toucan eats figs, and a jaguar hunts monkeys. How many consumers are described?
Answer: ______________
Decomposers break down a dead jaguar. Which statement correctly describes nutrients and energy?
- Nutrients turn into sunlight, while energy stays in soil for plants
- Nutrients leave forever as heat, while energy cycles through plants
- Nutrients can be reused by plants, while energy eventually leaves as heat
A caterpillar eats tree leaves, and a bird eats the caterpillar. A beetle eats shrub leaves, and the same kind of bird eats the beetle. What connects these food chains?
- Both chains happen in one forest, even without any shared eater
- The same kind of bird is an eater in both feeding paths
- Both chains include plants, so their plants must be the same kind

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Consumer · The monkey obtains food from a plant, so it is a consumer.
Producer · A plant making its own food is a producer.
True · Fungi and bacteria obtain food by breaking down dead material and wastes.
It eats food directly from a plant · The grasshopper eats leaves directly from the plant, so it is the primary consumer. The bird has a different feeding level in this chain because it eats the primary consumer.
Plant, insect, frog · The plant supplies food to the insect, and the insect supplies food to the frog. The order is plant, insect, frog.
3 · The monkey, toucan and jaguar each obtain food by eating. All three are consumers.
Nutrients can be reused by plants, while energy eventually leaves as heat · Roots can take up released nutrients. Energy eventually leaves as heat rather than cycling like nutrients.
The same kind of bird is an eater in both feeding paths · The bird appears in both paths. Keeping its feeding links to the caterpillar and beetle joins the chains into part of a food web.